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Passionate mum launches tuition centre to help children succeed

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First Class Learning Centre will open a new premises in Shacklewell Lane in Hackney from March, offering tailored maths and English sessions for children in reception through to GCSE.
Leyla Nazli says that in response to Coivd-19, Arcola Theatre will bring performance into Hackney.

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‘If we can’t bring the people back to our building, then we should go to...

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The Ballad of Corona V is based on the discussion, ideas and the perspective of the performers.

Theatre company offers support and creativity for care leavers during...

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At the start of lockdown Lewis delivered Dunns goodies on his bike to people isolating.

Dunns the doughnut kings mark 200 years

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Britain’s first Asian MP served in Finsbury Central, Dadabhai Naoroji.

The ‘Grand Old Man of India’: The history of Britain’s first Asian MP in...

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The Gazette spoke to people passing the statue to get their opinion. Left to right: Martin Lynch, 57

Statue for Mary Wollstonecraft on Newington Green splits opinion: ‘It...

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Maggi Hambling's statue in Newington Green, dedicated to Mary Wollstonecraft. Picture: Ioana Marines

Mary Wollstonecraft statue group co-founder defends design: ‘What’s so...

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Video: Islington marks Remembrance Sunday with small socially distanced ceremonies

Islington marks Remembrance Sunday with small socially distanced ceremonies

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Top up at home with a smart prepay meter – and save money

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Small ceremonies with six people will take place in Islington on Remembrance Sunday. Picture: Isling

Islington Remembers: Small ceremonies to go ahead on Remembrance Sunday

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Jacques Callot, The Slave Market, 1629. Picture: National Gallery of Art / CC0

The last slave owners of Islington

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Members of the Islington Veterans Association stand to attention during an Anzac Day remembrance eve

Charity searches for Islington veterans in gift box initiative

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Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with the shirt he is donating to the Museum of London. Picture:

Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang donates Black Lives Matter...

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Tales from the Crypt project at the former Holy Trinity Church, Cloudesley Square (now the Cloudesle

Tales from the Crypt: Cloudesley Centre exhibition records the lives of...

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Site of the plane crash in Schiefbahn in 1942. Picture: Submitted by Christoph Heyes

Historian appeals for information about Islington World War Two pilot

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L to R – Dr Charles Goodson Wicks (Deputy Lieutenant), Cllr Rakhia Ismail (Mayor), Rev Nigel William

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Veterans mark 75th anniversary of VJ Day in Islington with service

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Regent's Canal, by Shepherd, 1822. Picture: Islington Local History Centre

New exhibition from Islington Museum celebrates 200 years of the...

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Attendees to the flag raising ceremony outside Islington Town Hall, including members of the Islingt

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Flag raised in Islington tribute to service people during Armed Forces...

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Islington plans to celebrate Windrush Day with an online talk from the acclaimed historian and write

Islington to celebrate Windrush Day with online talk from historian Paul...

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London Met's newly named School of Art, Architecture and Design. Picture: Google Maps

Holloway university renames building dedicated to slave trader

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Carlo Gatti, a Swiss-Italian economic migrant to the borough. Picture: Islington Council

Islington marks Refugee Week 2020 with online guided walking tour

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Protesters throw statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest r

Black Lives Matter: Islington ‘does not have any statues or memorials...

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Pictured from left by their stall is Ron Goodere, Ken Watts, Bill Millett MBE, Ernie Welsh, Mark S

VE Day: Second World War veteran from Barnsbury on what it was like to...

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Members of the Islington Veterans' Association at the war memorial in Islington Green. Islington ex

Islington Veterans’ Association on honouring 75th anniversary of VE Day...

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Two British sailors and their girlfriends wading in the fountains in Trafalgar Square on VE Day, 8 M

VE Day 75: Call to toast the nation’s heroes 75 years after Victory in...

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Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes arrives at Arlington Square

VE Day message from Representative Deputy Lieutenant for Islington Dr.

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Editor André Langlois. Picture: Archant

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Editor’s diary: London in a time of coronavirus

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North London Islington Nursery evacuees at Ashenden Essex 1939-40. Picture: Islington Local History

We’ll Meet Again: Exhibition on wartime Islington ahead of VE Day 75th...

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The original album cover artwork for by Ray Lowry for "London Calling" by the Clash is seen during a

Highbury calling for commemorative plaque at former studio where The...

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The new gauge, built in 1856, is where the River Lea joins the New River. Picture: Thames Water

‘A living, breathing, vein through the city’ – how the New River was built

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